diff --git a/testing/automount/README b/testing/automount/README
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+place the following in /etc
+
+auto.master
+auto.misc
+
+set up an nfs mount to correspond with the config files
diff --git a/testing/automount/auto.master b/testing/automount/auto.master
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+/auto   /etc/auto.misc  --timeout=60
diff --git a/testing/automount/auto.misc b/testing/automount/auto.misc
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+cd		-fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev	:/dev/cdrom
+#the ip of course has to match so if you are not using my testing vm then u may have to edit it
+megatron	-ro,soft,intr		10.1.13.150:/pub